computer programming history

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This is known as one of the earliest mechanical calculating devices

Pascaline

Which of the following does not deal with ergonomics?

Power & Paper Waste

Amended the Fair Credit Reporting Act of 1970 by addressing data collection by credit, insurance and employment agencies. Gives individuals the right to see information maintained about them

Consumer Credit Reporting Reform Act of 1996

Text file created by the server computer when a user enters information into a website

Cookie

Makes it a crime to access electronic data without authoriztion

Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986

Requires federal government agencies to make certain agency information available for public inspection

Electronic Freedom of Information Act of 1996

Which of the following deals with computers in the workplace?

Employee Monitoring

What category of programming languages has the most abstraction from the hardware?

High Level

Gives Americans the freedom to use any type of encryption to protect their confidential information

Safety and Freedom through Encryption Act of 1999

What would NOT be in an Acceptable Use Policy?

You may access, upload, download, or distribute materials

The invention of the transistor was important to the development of computers because it:

increased calculating speed

The Stepped Reckoner was unreliable because

its mechanical parts tended to jam and malfunction

The act of sending an e-mail that falsely claims to be a legitimate business in an attempt to obtain the user's personal information is called

phishing

"This Code, consisting of 24 imperatives formulated as statements of personal responsibility, identifies the elements of such a commitment."

ACM Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct

Who wrote the first computer program?

Ada Lovelace

_________ is a high speed memory that stores instructions executed over and over.

Cache

Who was known as the "father of computing?"

Charles Babbage

Marketing technique where data is collected about customers visiting a website

Online Profiling

Restricts the way in which personal data can be used by federal agencies

Privacy Act of 1974

Requires federal agencies to develop, document and implement an agency-wide program to provide information security

Federal Information Security Management Act of 2002

Which generation of computers used vacuum tubes?

First

What type of memory does a flash drive use?

Flash Memory

Which is the physical aspect of the computer?

Hardware

_______ contains only the most basic operating instructions for the computer. It is permanent and cannot be changed.

ROM

Requires government authorities to have a subpoena, summons or search warrant to access an individual's financial records

Right to Financial Privacy Act of 1978

All calculations and operations of a computer function because of the CPU (true/false)

True

Integrated circuits (ICs), also known as chips, replaced transistors. (true/false)

True

Microsoft Visual Basic is an object-oriented programming language. (true/false)

True

Mechanical Devices had what characteristic?

Unreliable, used gears, and were the first devices that could only do arithmetic

What is an object-oriented programming language?

Visual Basic

Tiny, transparent graphics located on web pages or in email messages that are used in combination with cookies to collect data about web page users or email senders

Web Beacons

A program that is able to reproduce itself over a network

Worm

Which would be classified as a mobile computing device?

tablet PC

Herman Hollerith invented which machine?

tabulating machine

What made it possible to build the microcomputer (PC)?

the microprocessor

Who was responsible for inventing the Analytical Machine and the Difference Engine?

Charles Babbage

Requires commercial websites that collect personal information from children under the age of 13 to obtain parental consent

Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1988

DDR is a type of RAM. What does the term DDR mean?

Double Data Rate

The first generation computer was originally a secret military project which began during WWII to calculate the trajectory of artillery shells.

ENIAC

The biggest change in programming language over the years is that there is less abtraction

False

Establishes penalties for aggravated identity theft

Identity Theft Penalty Enhancement Act of 2004

All programming languages are translated into what language?

Machine Language

Gives law enforcement the ability to monitor individual's email and web activity

Provide Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (PATRIOT) Act of 2001

_________ holds data for all applications that are currently running on your computer, but only while the power is on because it is temporary.

RAM

Data can be permanently stored on which of the following devices? a. All are correct b. Hard drives c. Optical disks (CD/DVD) d. Flash drive

a. All are correct

All of the following were developed in the 1990's except: a. Python b. C c. Delphi d. Java

b. C

SRAM (Static RAM) is high speed memory also referred to as

cache

Which of the following languages were created in the 1950's and 1960's? a. COBOL b. FORTRAN c. BASIC d. All are correct

d. All are correct

All of the following are high-level programming languages except: a. Java b. Visual Basic c. C# d. Assembly Language

d. Assembly Language

Which is not a high-level programming language? a. C++ b. Visual Basic c. Fortran d. Machine Language

d. Machine Language


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